The Effete Angler (The Saint TV Series)

Plot
Simon Templar's on holiday in Miami Beach. He tries to hire a fishing boat, but the captain says his boat's booked by a couple who'll be going on the boat. The next morning, the couple, Simon and a few others board the boat, and now, aside from catching fish, Templar wants to catch them, but first, he must discover what they're planning.

Trivia

 * Shirley Eaton had previously appeared in The Talented Husband, but playing a different character.
 * This episode features 5 performers who were later associated with the 007 James Bond films; Roger Moore (The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), etc), Shirley Eaton, Roland Brand (Goldfinger (1964)), George Pravda and Paul Stassino (Thunderball (1965)).
 * Although this first aired in 1962, Simon Templar is reading the Dec 20, 1958 issue of The New Yorker during his siesta on Bimini.

Continuity

 * During the fight scene at the boarding house, a little table with flowers on it was tipped over, and a second later was standing upright, waiting to be thrown by the bad guy at Simon.
 * When Simon is reeling in the marlin, he is sitting on the right side of the boat and the reel is on the bottom of the rod. There is one close-up shot of the reel and part of Simon's lap and the reel is on top of the rod and you can see the side of the boat on Simon's right (he's facing backwards) which means he is now sitting on the left side of the boat. When the scene switches back to a long shot, Simon is again on the right side and reel is back on the bottom of the rod.

Errors in geography

 * Most scenes from the water that show land in the background are not Miami Beach. There are hills (such as the water-ski scene) and the beach is narrow and sloped.

Revealing mistakes

 * During the fishing boat scene, all of the boat's dash gauges read "zero" even though the engine sound could be heard and the boat appeared to be in motion. About 9 minutes in.
 * All of the the views from the stern of the fishing boat show the same footage with the same distant object in view.
 * Around 3 minutes in it is clear the background is edited in. 20 seconds later they go to close-up of Simon (Roger Moore) and the 'distant' background casts shading shadows on his cheek. Then they switch to the boat captain to whom he is speaking and the background projection is showing on the fishing pole he is holding.

Origin
This episode was adapted from the short story of the same name from the 1955 book The Saint on the Spanish Main.